Imagined Space, Adnan
Adnan is a multi-disciplinary artist, who creates calm, fictional landscapes, where the water and the skies seem to stretch forever,...
A Sea of Ink, Fatima Taher Jewad
Fatima Taher Jewad is an ink artist and Arabic calligrapher, originally from Iraq and raised in the UK. Although a pharmacist by...
Persian Painting, Farzaneh Ebadifard
Farzaneh Ebadifard is a Persian miniature painter based in Germany. Initially Farzaneh studied chemical engineering, but then took up her...
The Art of Illumination, Behnaz Karjoo
Born in Tehran, Iran, Behnaz Karjoo moved to the United States at a young age where she developed an interest in art. Her creative...
Painting Faith, Siddiqa Juma
Siddiqa Juma is a critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning contemporary Islamic artist, graphic designer and publisher. Best known for...
Tradition & Modernity, Nevin Yapıcı Yeşilyurt
Nevin Yapıcı Yeşilyurt was born in Sulusaray, Tokat. She completed her primary and high school education in İstanbul and graduated from...
Redefining Heritage, Haneefah Adam
Haneefah Adam is a self taught contemporary artist currently living and working in Nigeria. Her work reflects issues of identity, culture...
Redefining Architecture, Saeid Shakouri
Saeid Shakouri's educational background includes a BA in Architecture and a MA in Landscape Architecture. As a result of his interest in...
Analyzing Islamic Pattern, A.J. Bartoletti
A.J. Bartoletti has a passion for Islamic architecture and is an expert in sacred geometry. Based in Wilkes-Barre, Pa USA he has a...
Tradition & Tezhip, Zohrabi Pargar
Zohrabi Pargar is an Iranian artist with a background in civil engineering and cultural heritage. A specialist in the art of tezhip...
Modern Calligraphy, Sumaira Mohammed Ashik
Sumaira Mohammed Ashik is a young Dubai based abstract artist from India. She is known for her fusion of metallic textured abstracts and...
Painting Poetry, Daisy Rockwell
Daisy Rockwell is a painter and translator of Hindi and Urdu literature, living in northern New England. She paints under the takhallus,...
Arabic Calligraphy & Heritage, Shazia Daud
Shazia Daud is a Islamic artist and traditionally trained calligrapher. As a mother of two young children, Shazia tries to utilise the...
Reimagining Cities, Ali Yaycıoğlu
Ali Yaycıoğlu is a historian and artist living in Palo Alto, California and Istanbul. He is professor of Ottoman History at Stanford...
Persian Patterns, Marzieh Kaviani
Marzieh Kaviani is an Iranian artist based in Shiraz. She has a background in biology and always been passionate about art. Along with...
Preserving Palestine: The Art of Islamic Pattern, Tasneem Afaneh
Tasneem Afaneh is a Palestinian self-taught artist who lives in Jerusalem. Although she received a bachelors degree in computer...
Stitching Connections, Natalie Fisher
Natalie Fisher is a self-taught needlepoint artist from Sydney, Australia. Her work has been exhibited in traditonal galleries and...
Sacred Geometry, Sara Mir
Born in Pakistan, raised in the Middle East and having lived and worked in North America and Europe throughout her life, Sara Mir...
The Future of Kufi, Joumana Medlej
Joumana Medlej is a British-Lebanese artist best known for her work with early Arabic calligraphy: the ”Kufi" scripts. Her deep...
The Art of Glass, Samra Bashir
Samra Bashir is a Pakistani artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Her work, which is influenced by traditional Islamic patterns and designs...